Person in the world. He never forgot where he came today. From mean streets. Protesters and Police Square off nationwide in a weekend of violence. Federal agents called in. The latest just ahead. Final crossing. A new tribute to john lewis, the and he works from the bottom up civil rights hero making one last journey across the bridge as you guys said so rightly in where he almost lost his life fighting for justice. Speak to the legacy that he leaves behind and the lives he the intro. He was just happy to be on a has changed. Set. He was just happy to be looking at joey bishop next thing hes sitting next to joey bishop. And he just was always today a rare honor. The congressmans lie in state at the u. S. Capitol. Comfortable in his own skin. Always felt like the luckiest in the end zone, the nfl and guy in the world and i used to say to him not the players reach an agreement luck, reg. Blessed. He goes, youre right. Youre right on a return to play but one star blessed. And i always fel
Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
By protest irs after days of clashes with Police Following the death of george floyd. The socalled no cop coop has set up tensions and a tfocksurog seattles Capitol Hill Police precinct free of cops and occupied by activists, people the president labels anarchist and domestic terrorists. The group set up a perimeter and declared it an autonomous zone four days ago. Thats when, in an effort to deescalate tensions with protesters, police left the area. Its a scene reminiscent of new yorks 2011 occupy wall street tent city. Seattles police chief and mayor are giving these protesters their soapbox, as a lesspatient president threatens to send in troops. These people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city. The threat to invade seattle, to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome. It would be illegal. Reporter mayor durkin is calling it a peaceful expression of collective grief. The activists are demanding Police Reform and social equality. Until then, th
Because they dont know who is a citizen without the virus and who is a citizen with the virus. The most basic decisions have become a distraction across the country as americans have become afraid of a stranger and of a friend. This is a huge shift in where we are as a country. And what this demands is immediate action. Three weeks ago this senate and the house passed 8. 3 billion, and we did it with overwhelming bipartisan support to be able to add additional funding for diagnostics, for testing and for rapid work on a vaccine. All of that work is advancing quickly. We have human trials in a vaccine happening right now. Weight came together and there werent extra things added to it we focus in on the virus. Theres no question theres lots of moments to be able to debate the things we disagree on. But this is a moment we understand to focus in on what is the problem. The problem is zealing with covid19. There was a bipartisan bill put together in the senate. A week ago today, senator sc
Country, of the washington dc is unlocked on with the president calling on all americans to abide by social distancing guidelines, asking you to stay home in april. Some sobering numbers from the trump administration. Dr. Fauci morning we could see between 100,000 warning we could see between 100,000 and 200,000 100000 and 200,000 people diagnosed with coronavirus. Howardk oh will join us in just a moment. If you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. The numbers are on the screen. You can also join us on social media on twitter or facebook. Good evening. A lot to get to, including the numbers from Johns Hopkins university. Numbers continue increasing. 782,000 confirmed cases around the world and 30,000 deaths. 160,000 162,000 cases in the United States. Of manhattanive positive foris covid19. She says she began to feel under the weather and developed muscle aches, fever, stomach upstate stomach upset and could no longer smell or taste. She was diagnosed with coron